12 YEARS A SLAVE Sweeps Boston Online Film Critics Awards with Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Supporting Actress

Oscar frontrunner12 Years a Slave has nabbed its first critics group award in a very big way. The Boston Online Film Critics Association awarded the incredibly moving drama six trophies in all, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Editing, and Best Original Score for Hans Zimmer. Clear frontrunner Cate Blanchett continued her roll with another Best Actress award, Jared Leto landed Best Supporting Actor for his transformative work in Dallas Buyers Club, and the Best Animated Film trophy was split between Frozen and The Wind Rises. Additionally, the Boston Online Film Critics Top 10 has a few refreshingly eclectic choices, with The World’s End, Blue Is the Warmest Color, and The Spectacular Now all nabbing well-deserved spots alongside films like Gravity, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Inside Llewyn Davis.

For those keeping score at home, we now have three critics group announcements and three different Best Pictures. The New York Film Critics Circle went for American Hustle, the National Board of Review lauded Her, and now Boston has tapped 12 Years. Hit the jump to read the full list of Boston Online Film Critics awards.

BEST PICTURE:
12 YEARS A SLAVE

BEST DIRECTOR:
Steve McQueen, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

BEST ACTOR:
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

BEST ACTRESS:
Cate Blanchett, BLUE JASMINE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Jared Leto, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

BEST SCREENPLAY:
BEFORE MIDNIGHT

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR

BEST DOCUMENTARY:
THE ACT OF KILLING

BEST ANIMATED FILM:
THE WIND RISES and FROZEN (tie)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

BEST EDITING:
12 YEARS A SLAVE

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
12 YEARS A SLAVE

THE TEN BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR:
12 YEARS A SLAVE
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
GRAVITY
BEFORE MIDNIGHT
THE SPECTACULAR NOW
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
SPRING BREAKERS
THE WORLD’S END
FRUITVALE STATION